Research and Evaluation

UNHCR is committed to the importance of evaluation and its role in supporting organizational accountability, learning and the continual improvement of UNHCR’s performance in addressing the protection, assistance and solutions needs of refugees, stateless persons, IDPs and other persons of concern. 

The UNHCR Evaluation Policy 2016 provides for a strengthened evaluation function in UNHCR based on the principles of independence, impartiality, credibility and utility. The Policy incorporates United Nations evaluation norms and standards and introduces evaluation quality assurance provisions as fundamental to produce high quality evidence-informed and credible evaluation products.  The Policy applies to all evaluations commissioned and managed by UNHCR.